Collective objectivity functions as a device for soothing the conscience

Evidence

Fundamentally, trust is a device for coping with the freedom of other persons (Luhmann 1979; and this volume). It is because of the phenomenological plausibility of this conception of trust that it plays such a prominent role in shaping collective life. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Binary codification and symbolization relieve consciousness and enable contingency orientation; Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146; Objectification becomes bourgeois rationalization when objectivity remains unfree. — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 267

Related

• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom (similarity 0.85)
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive (similarity 0.81)
• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.80)
• Relying on collective trustworthiness is a collective, not merely individual, problem. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Binary codification and symbolization relieve consciousness and enable contingency orientation #corroborates (0.80)
• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom #qualifies (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146